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Let's See Your Teaware!
Posted 21 June 2011 - 09:02 AM
It's just fantastic the way basic chemistry and physics result in such glorious variety in ceramics.
Posted 21 June 2011 - 03:47 PM
Your pots are amazing WC. You have a real eye and thanks for sharing them.
Posted 21 June 2011 - 06:07 PM
Posted 21 June 2011 - 07:07 PM
Well, the ones at work get a lot more action, since I rarely drink tea at home during the week. So some of the pots don't see a lot of use. But I do have bigger and smaller pots, depending on how many people I'm brewing for. Many of the smallest pots end up at work, because I'm almost always drinking alone there.A very contented looking collection. I'm guessing they all get use with different teas, or different numbers of guests, so there's no jealousy in the ranks?
Posted 24 June 2011 - 02:33 AM
Grey is the colour of the reduced clay body. The red-orange on the foot is where the clay reoxidizes during cooling. If you've ever chipped the foot on a cup, you've probably seen the clay is grey, too. After the glaze melts it seals over the clay and keeps it from reoxidizing. So the blue isn't so delicate - it forms a pretty tough shell.How does that delicate blue glaze transform the strong red-orange clay into gray granite with a tracery of blue over it?
I don't really understand the reoxidation. You don't get the same beautiful toasty colour if you fire completely in pure oxidation. Guess I should read up on that.
Posted 24 June 2011 - 09:51 AM
Grey is the colour of the reduced clay body. The red-orange on the foot is where the clay reoxidizes during cooling. If you've ever chipped the foot on a cup, you've probably seen the clay is grey, too.
That makes perfect sense, thanks. I'll trust your explanation and hope I don't have a chance to confirm it through a close encounter of the breakage kind.
Posted 30 July 2011 - 06:22 PM
I brewed up the Zhejiang green tea from Norbu that I've been raving about in this shibo, and it was fantastic. I brewed it next in a tokoname kyusu (long used for sencha, but switched to a variety of green teas after the new kyusu arrived), and wasn't quite as impressed--still a very good tea, but not a transcendent experience. Finished the sample with another infusion in the shibo again, and it was again fantastic. The iron-rich clay does seem to sweeten and enhance the tea brewed in it quite dramatically.
Also got a couple of nice little (4-5 oz size) teacups from Michael Coffee (shyrabbit on etsy)
I manage to enjoy my teas even when I have to drink them from a plastic thermos bottle-cap, but they're definitely more fun when brewed and sipped from things like this.
Posted 02 December 2011 - 05:35 PM
Seems made well, very understated and nice. The pour is very smooth, as is the resulting tea - my Ito En ichibantsumi sencha has zero bitterness and only barely detectable astringency after the inaugural steeping. Very pleased!
I know it's only 320ml but this thing is TINY! Here it is next to my phone:
Filled to the top, its enough to fill a mug to the lip, but I hear the kyusu experts here recommend not filling the teapot up all the way. Why is that?
Also, I got this to use with sencha, and it's unglazed. Any other teas I can use with it without offsetting the flavors, or should I just stick to sencha?
Edited by Hassouni, 02 December 2011 - 05:36 PM.
Posted 07 December 2011 - 04:39 PM
I occasionally use my unglazed kyusus for other green teas, but would avoid anything farther off in flavor profile than straightforward greens or mellow white teas (silver needle but not Bai Mu Dan), certainly no oolongs, puerhs, black teas.
Posted 07 December 2011 - 06:03 PM
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 06:46 PM
Very nice Tokonome, Hassouni. Are you sure it's unglazed? The glossy surface reflections made me ask.
If you're referring to the inside of the pot, it's glossy because I had just rinsed it out to remove any packing/workshop dust, etc. When dry it has a somewhat matte appearance - not rough, but definitely not shiny.
Posted 08 January 2012 - 09:43 PM
a summer galaxy glaze guinomi by Tetsuako Nakao
a Michael Coffee yunomi with black tenmoku and nuka glaze
I inherited this 'yixing' set with a giant (600mL!) dragon teapot
I found it among my father's belongings while cleaning out the clutter in his study.
the dragon theme is pretty cool.
And a 'steel glaze' guinomi by Toshiyuki Suzuki
Posted 08 January 2012 - 10:31 PM
Posted 08 January 2012 - 10:46 PM
(BTW, he's got a fantastic larger bowl with the Tenmoku/Nuka combination on his Etsy site here that I have been trying not to buy for several months now.)
Edited by Wholemeal Crank, 08 January 2012 - 10:53 PM.
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Posted 10 May 2012 - 06:37 PM
I just found this thread and loved looking at all the tea items! Such lovely things! The appliances are amazing! Inever knew such things existed!! Thank you all!! I also got inspired...
Tea for one
Small tea cup from waaaay back when!!
Hungarian set
More for coffee
well known...
Lovely tea cups and coffee cups. I love all of them!
Posted 23 October 2014 - 08:22 AM
On another thread I mentioned the several old goi3 wun2 (gaiwan) and teacups I had and was asked to post pictures of them. I had forgotten about that until just the other day, when thinking about other things. :-)
Well, here's one of those goi3 wun2. Colored enamels & black ink; on white porcelain, glazed. Dynastic seal mark in red.
Please ask if you would like more info about this one.
Edited by huiray, 23 October 2014 - 08:34 AM.
Posted 23 October 2014 - 09:36 AM
Those cups of tea are so fabulous. Although the design is simple but it makes the delicateness for the whole tee cup. Anyway, could you tell me where can I buy those precious?
Posted 23 October 2014 - 09:47 AM
Those cups of tea are so fabulous. Although the design is simple but it makes the delicateness for the whole tee cup. Anyway, could you tell me where can I buy those precious?
Are you asking me or asking the posters in general on this thread?
Posted 25 October 2014 - 01:13 PM
huiray- This is so very amazing! This is a wonderful piece. How old is it? How did you get it? I am sure there is a fascinating story here!!!
Edited by Naftal, 25 October 2014 - 01:14 PM.
"As life's pleasures go, food is second only to sex.Except for salami and eggs...Now that's better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced"--Alan King (1927-2004)
Posted 25 October 2014 - 07:10 PM
I picked this up (together with another goi3 wun2) from a curio shop in Kuala Lumpur more than 2 decades ago and brought it back to the States with me. The red mark is a variant of the mark of T'ung Chih (1862-1873; late Ch'ing Dynasty) in seal form. In script it would be 大清同治年製. I have never had it formally verified but I am inclined to believe that the piece is also probably of the period - but I don't know for sure.
The cup lid carries the first part of a poem from the T'ang Dynasty era which may or may not be by the poet Du Mu; the bowl carries the second part:
Here is a Google translation and commentary (from a poetry-appreciation website) of the poem. Some others here, here, and here. The scenes painted on the lid and bowl are evocative of the poem's context.
Edited by huiray, 25 October 2014 - 10:50 PM.
Posted 26 October 2014 - 10:36 AM
huiray- Thanks for the information. It is always interesting to find a poem in the 7 character/line format. I am so used to seeing them in the 5 character/line style. Also, the saucer was very interesting, I have never seen one of this design. Is the space in the middle typical of this period? We would love to see any other goi3 wun2 you may have
"As life's pleasures go, food is second only to sex.Except for salami and eggs...Now that's better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced"--Alan King (1927-2004)


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Justin Bieber Trapped in UK Hotel After Fans Create 'Riot Situation'
Police have warned the 'Never Say Never' star that he and his team must stay inside their hotel room and away from the balcony on their suite, fearing a "possible riot situation," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Upon seeing the throngs of adoring fans crowded outside the hotel, Bieber tweeted, "THIS IS CRAZY!"
Check out the photos of Bieber madness in Liverpool inside.
Bieber, who is performing at Liverpool's ECHO Arena tomorow night, pleaded for his fans to keep calm, but also lamented the fact that he couldn't come out of his hotel to meet them.
Bieber eventually got his wish, however, tweeting his appreciation for the people who showed up to support him: "that was great! got to say hi to everyone. we are following the rules. lol. #LOVEMYFANS."
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Trapped like a damn rat!
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Talk about Bieber Fever pitch! Justin Bieber has been trapped inside his Liverpool hotel room after fans turned out in droves to catch a glimpse of the teen idol.I love reading this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via agelessc'upid.c'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends..
- Thursday 10 MarchBy TedHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Well ya know, starting puberty can make kids go crazy.
- Thursday 10 MarchBy ColinHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
There are far too many boys there.
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Maybe they don't know he's a boy yet...
- Thursday 10 MarchBy CindyHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Wow, there sure are a lot of people who need a life.....
- Friday 11 MarchBy Dale
Justin is gay anyways and these girls that follow him are useless airheads!
- Thursday 10 MarchBy SteveHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Justin is a clean cut kid with decent values and respect for women. I know it's a novelty these days, but real men ought to try it!
I have no problem with the guy, and I think he's very talented. - Thursday 10 MarchBy kat25923Low Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
riot over his hair cut why bieber why would u go&do a dumb thing like that, lol
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PEOPLE NEED TO GET A LIFE! - Thursday 10 MarchBy willLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Please keep this no talent little girl locked in England forever!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Thursday 10 MarchBy leon
Isn't he supposed to be in school? What the hell is he doing in a hotel room? Does he have a prostitute? He is under age ain't he? How did he get a room if he is under age?
- Thursday 10 MarchBy steve
Damn, someone should have set the room on fire..
- Thursday 10 MarchBy frankerin
Amazing and unjustified. Now the little kiddie is faced with the raw world.
- Thursday 10 MarchBy AKatana
I thought for sure it would say he locked the door from the inside and he couldn't figure out how to get out
- Thursday 10 MarchBy Who?
The reports of his popularity in Europe are greatly exaggerated.
- Thursday 10 MarchBy wstarhopperLow Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
Hey maybe we will get lucky and they will loose the key
- Thursday 10 MarchBy ljLow Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
Dont worry he will end up like Charley Sheen in the end. Girls get a life. Hes not that talented!
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Keep him locked in the room. And don't let him out til he gets some talent.
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These reviews are written by independent automotive journalists providing an objective and reliable assessment to help you make a smart buying decision. 2011 Hyundai Equus.
Reviewed By: Barry Winfield © 2011 NewCarTestDrive.com
As well as being an insouciant gesture to the world's premium car manufacturers that it intends to play in every important segment, this model signals Hyundai's unshakable confidence in its own ability to engineer and build world class vehicles. And it might have been easy to discount the threat this company poses to established players were it not for the impressive recent introductions of the Sonata midsize sedan and Genesis near-luxury sedan and coupe.
Now, after driving the new Hyundai Equus, we can confirm that it is comparable in many ways to the key players in the upscale market. Still, after just an introductory drive in Northern California we are not about to proclaim it the best car in class. Considering the stratospheric panache permeating the luxury-car industry, that would have been an unbelievable achievement.
And yet, with its stylish, European-flavored exterior design, a roomy, comfortable interior clad in tasteful textures, mechanical attributes at the leading edge of automotive technology, and tactile and esthetic qualities good enough for the most discerning customers, the new Hyundai clearly has the goods to play in this league.
At the very least, we'd say the Equus is a fantastic vehicle to move into from a lower segment. We don't see potential Mercedes or BMW buyers considering the Hyundai brand, particularly when their aspirations are linked to social status. But with a base price of less than $60,000, the Equus offers all the performance, refinement and amenities this class of car offers at considerably less money than the entrenched opposition.
That on its own is worth consideration. Add intensive engineering, tasteful design and intelligent use of supplier's technology, and you have a car worth owning in its own right. While it might be tempting for some to discount this car as a luxury wannabe with derivative styling and a copycat format, our experience inside the car tells us that Hyundai has closed in on the concept of fine car-making in a way that confirms there is no going back.
In the process, it looks better and better to us, revealing some of the subtlety in former Hyundai design chief Joel Piaskowski's design. (He's now gone off to join Mercedes-Benz, in an ironic turn of events.) Hyundai calls its new design language Fluidic Sculpture.
At the front, the grille design we know well from the Hyundai Genesis has been skillfully integrated with the headlight shapes, and carefully beveled front corners allow the light forms to carry around as vivid slashes into the quarter panels. The effect visually shortens the front overhang appreciably, to good effect. It is functional, too, allowing the auto-cornering HID headlights to swivel more effectively as the car turns.
The side of the car is distinguished by a contour crease that runs across the top of the front fender and then arcs through the doors before kicking up over the rear door handle to meet the rear light, lending the rear fender a muscular outline as it does. Chrome window surrounds and a bright strip below the doors adds further detail, while large, bright 19-inch wheels cram the wheel housings to emphasize a solid stance.
A fast roofline reduces the impression of size, so it is a surprise when you discover just how much interior space the design allows. Mercedes and Lexus have to field long-wheelbase models to be comparable. And the sleek Hyundai roof doesn't hurt rear-seat headroom much, either. The Equus is 0.8-inch shorter and 0.6-inch wider than a Lexus LS 460 L yet the Hyundai has 7.3 cubic feet more interior space than the Lexus does.
Contemporary instrumentation technology makes for an attractive display, and the main gauges are large and legible. A driver's information display is incorporated into the IP, providing all trip and vehicle status alerts, with accompanying audible warnings when appropriate.
Considering how much equipment the car has, the control layout is relatively uncluttered, with easily found switches and a fairly intuitive iDrive-like function controller. As is typical of the class, the Equus mounts some of the more commonly used switches on the steering wheel, further simplifying the layout.
Tall drivers will like the Equus, since it flaunts a roomy interior with large door apertures for easy access. And sybarites will enjoy the many luxury and convenience devices. We found no difficulty operating the stereo system or navigation without recourse to the manual, although a quick review of the voice-control glossary will certainly help if you plan to handle those tasks verbally.
Both models come with an extremely high level of interior equipment, including a heated wood-and-leather steering wheel with power tilt-and-telescopic adjustment, heated and cooled front seats, Alcantara suede headliner, driver's seat massage, dual automatic climate control with separate adjustment and rear-seat vent control, 60/40 power-reclining rear seats, power rear and side sunshades, auto defogging system with rain-sensing wipers, and 12-way power-adjustable driver's seat.
The Ultimate model adds a forward-view parking and cornering camera, a power decklid, reclining rear seats with powered headrests, cooled rear seats, rear seat massage and leg support, rear seat refrigerator and a rear seat entertainment system. Harden's Lexicon stereo system is among the best available in-car sound systems we've ever heard, with full 7.1 Discrete Logic Surround Sound for brilliant separation and imaging.
Hyundai's 4.6-liter Tau V8 wrings out its 333 pound-feet torque peak at a fairly low 3500 rpm, but sustains much of that throughout its operating range by dint of variable valve timing and variable intake volume, so it's seldom found wanting. And on the rare occasions where engine speed is too low for the driver's needs, the 6-speed ZF transmission is reasonably quick to find a lower gear.
Of course, the shifts are made in keeping with the Equus's quest for refinement, and the avoidance of shift-shock is a big priority. If you need more response, the selector slips over into the manual slot and puts command back at the driver's right hand. It still takes a full-throttle, high-rev run for the redline to showcase the Tau's real strength, when the fairly hefty car displays an impressive surge of acceleration.
With multi-link suspension all around, the big Hyundai's chassis handles accurately, abetted by the Continental air-struts and the Sachs electronically controlled damping system. There's a driver-selectable Sport position, which subdues ride motions quite well without introducing much abruptness into the ride, but this is not really the kind of car one wants to fling around. It does very nicely with deliberate inputs at a brisk pace.
Hyundai's decision to adopt a hybrid electro-hydraulic steering mechanism was a good one. Utilizing an electric motor to drive a power-steering pump, it benefits from the energy savings enjoyed when cruising straight ahead with the motor at rest, and from the more natural feel of hydraulic assist once the electric motor has been summoned into action. Compared with a Lexus LS 460L which happened to be on hand for reference, the Equus has a far more organic sense to its steering than the Lexus can muster with its fully electric system.
That comparison revealed that the Lexus still has the upper hand, if only fractionally, in terms of noise and vibration damping, and perhaps also in regard to ride quality. But the Equus isn't far off, and it's certainly in the game as far as luxury attributes are concerned. It proved quieter than a Mercedes-Benz S550 that was also on hand, and its standards of fit and finish left very little to be desired. Altogether, it's an impressive interloper in rich company.
Barry Winfield filed this NewCarTestDrive.com report after his test drive of the Equus near Palo Alto, California.


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A Saturday afternoon spent playing GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64 was like a Saturday afternoon from the past for Matthew Santiago.
There is a certain level of nostalgia that comes along with playing a video game from childhood, but what he enjoyed seeing the most Saturday at New Visions Studio & Gallery was people playing video games together, not for the sake of playing video games, but for the sake of being with other people.
"It makes it much more fun," Mr. Santiago, 20, said.
On Saturday, roughly a dozen people came to New Visions to play the James Bond first-person-shooter game from 1997 displayed on a projection screen. Competitors each paid $10, said New Visions owner Adam Weitzenkorn. The winner of the tournament took home a pot of $50.
"It's the first one we're able to do," Mr. Weitzenkorn said. "We're able to figure out what works and what doesn't."
Mr. Weitzenkorn said the video game tournament fit in well with the theme set by other pieces of art in the room.
"Fanboy February," a pop-culture inspired collection of pieces by three Keystone College students, Shane Schilling, Gary Bird and Kevin Callen, decorated the walls with images from the last two decades - ranging from "SpongeBob SquarePants," "The Ren & Stimpy Show" and "Rocko's Modern Life."
Another video game tournament could be possible sometime in the summer, Mr. Weitzenkorn said.
"It was good enough to warrant doing another one," Mr. Weitzenkorn said.
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Brian Brake became a film cameraman at the National Film Unit, Wellington, in 1948. In 1952 and 1953 he filmed and directed Snows of Aorangi.
In one section, Brake discarded the standard 1950s voice-over commentary and instead edited a balletic sequence of skiers weaving down a mountain entirely to music. However, as he later complained, 'Some bureaucrat came and demanded to be told in the narration how nice the snow was. In other words, stating the obvious.'
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- (UK) IPA(key): /kɒk/
- (US) enPR: käk, kôk, IPA(key): /kɑk/, /kɔːk/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: caulk (some pronunciations)
- Rhymes: -ɒk
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English cok, from Old English coc, cocc ("cock, male bird"), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz ("cock"), probably of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Old Norse kokkr ("cock"; whence Danish kok ("cock")). Reinforced by Old French coc, also of imitative origin.
cock (plural cocks)
- A male bird, especially a domestic fowl.
- A male chicken or other gallinaceous bird.
- A male pigeon.
- A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
- The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
- The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 181
- 1991, Dennis Cooper, Frisk
- 2001, Carlton Mellick III, Satan Burger
- (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.
- The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
- (UK, New Zealand, pejorative, slang) A stupid person.
- (informal, UK, Tasmania) Term of address.
- All right, cock?
- A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
- (informal) shuttlecock
- A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
- Shakespeare
- Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
- Shakespeare
- (dated, humorous) A chief man; a leader or master.
- Addison
- Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us.
- Addison
- The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
- Shakespeare
- He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock.
- Shakespeare
- The style or gnomon of a sundial.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chambers to this entry?)
- The indicator of a balance.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (male bird): cockbird
- (male chicken): rooster
- (valve): stopcock
- (penis): see Wikisaurus:penis
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
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cock (third-person singular simple present cocks, present participle cocking, simple past and past participle cocked)
- (transitive, intransitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
- Byron
- Cocked, fired, and missed his man.
- Byron
- (intransitive) To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
- In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly.
- (transitive) To erect; to turn up.
- Gay
- Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears.
- Jonathan Swift
- Dick would cock his nose in scorn.
- Gay
- (UK, transitive, slang) To copulate with.
- (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
- He cocked his hat jauntily.
- (intransitive, dated) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
- (intransitive, dated) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (of children)
Derived terms[edit]
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- (slang) Expression of annoyance.
- 2006, "Vamp", oh cock i should have kept with a toyota! (on newsgroup uk.rec.cars.modifications)
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English cock, cok, from Old English -cocc (attested in place names), from Old Norse kǫkkr ("lump"), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz ("bulge, swelling"), from Proto-Indo-European *geugh- ("swelling"). Cognate with Norwegian kok ("heap, lump"), Swedish koka ("a lump of earth"), German Kocke ("heap of hay, dunghill"), Middle Low German kogge ("wide, rounded ship"), Dutch kogel ("ball"), German Kugel ("ball, globe").
cock (plural cocks)
Derived terms[edit]
cock (third-person singular simple present cocks, present participle cocking, simple past and past participle cocked)
- (transitive) To form into piles.
- Spenser
- Under the cocked hay.
- Spenser
Etymology 3[edit]
from Old French coque ("a type of small boat"), from child-talk coco 'egg'
cock (plural cocks)
- Short for cock-boat, a type of small boat.
- Shakespeare
- Yond tall anchoring bark [appears] / Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy / Almost too small for sight.
- Shakespeare
Etymology 4[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- (obsolete) A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.
- Shakespeare
- By cock and pie.
- Shakespeare
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- English countable nouns
- English slang
- English vulgarities
- en:Curling
- British English
- New Zealand English
- English pejoratives
- English informal terms
- English dated terms
- English jocular terms
- Requests for quotation/Chambers
- Requests for quotation/Johnson
- Requests for quotation/Knight
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- English transitive verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- Requests for quotation/Addison
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- English interjections
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Paul-Émile Botta
Paul-Émile Botta | |
Born | Turin, Italy |
December 6, 1802
Died | March 29, 1870 Achères |
(aged 67)
Nationality | France |
Fields | archeology |
Doctoral advisor | Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville |
Paul-Émile Botta (6 December 1802 – 29 March 1870) was a French scientist who served as Consul in Mosul (then in the Ottoman Empire, now in Iraq) from 1842.
He was born Paolo Emiliano Botta in Turin, Italy, on December 6, 1802. His father was Italian historian Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo Botta (1766–1837). In 1820 they moved to Paris where he studied under Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville.[1]
Voyage around the world[edit]
Botta was selected to be naturalist on a voyage around the world. Although he had no formal medical training, he also served as the ship surgeon. Le Heros under Captain Auguste Bernard Duhaut-Cilly (1790–1849) left Le Havre April 8, 1826 and sailed south through the Atlantic Ocean, stopping in Rio de Janeiro and around Cape Horn. They traveled up the coast stopping at Callao, Mexico, and Alta California. Jean Baptiste Rives (1793–1833), the former secretary of the Kingdom of Hawaii, had convinced investors from the family of Jacques Laffitte to finance the voyage to promote trade to California and Hawaii, but Rives disappeared along with some of the cargo.[2] After visiting the Hawaiian Islands they reached China on December 27, 1828. In late July, 1829, the Heros returned to Le Havre.[1]
On January 5, 1830 he defended his doctor's thesis. In 1831 he sailed to Cairo where he met Benjamin Disraeli. Some historians think the French traveler Marigny in Disraeli's novel Contarini Fleming was based on Botta.[1] In 1836 Botta was sent to Yemen to collect plants on behalf of the Paris Natural History Museum.
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The credit of beginning archaeological research at Kuyunjik belongs to Botta, whom the French Government appointed Consul at Mosul in 1841-2. Before he left Paris to take up his duties he had several interviews with Julius Mohl, the eminent Orientalist, who pointed out to him that Mosul was the centre of a district of great historical and archaeological importance, and urged him to make good use of the splendid opportunity which he would enjoy for collecting antiquities, and even for making excavations on his own account. Mohl had read Claudius Rich's works, and realized clearly that the author had found the exact site of the ruins of Nineveh, and he felt that priceless archaeological treasures lay buried there and it was said that Botta's appointment as Consul at Mosul was due entirely to the influence and activity of Mohl, who persuaded the Government and the learned Societies of Paris that a French Consul at Mosul could do what a British Consul at Baghdad had done, i.e., make large collections of Oriental manuscripts, cuneiform tablets, etc.
Botta arrived in Mosul early in 1842, and tried to collect antiquities, but there was very little to be had, and Botta himself laments that Rich had swept up and carried off everything. He then turned his attention to excavating, and was anxious to make his first attempt at Nabi Yunus, where Rich had seen so much ancient building and sculpture, and acquired so many antiquities. But the Pasha of Mosul and the authorities of the Mosque of Jonah would not allow any part of that mound to be disturbed.
Botta decided to begin work at Kuyunjik. He started digging in December, 1842, and worked steadily for six weeks, but the results he obtained were few, and besides inscribed bricks and some small and unimportant objects, he found nothing. He carried on his excavations at his own expense, and as his means were small he began to wonder if it were worth while continuing the work. Whilst his men were digging they were watched by many people from the town and country round about, and they all wondered at the care with which every brick and fragment of alabaster were set aside to be kept. One day, when Botta was examining a number of such fragments, a Christian from the village of Khorsabad, by trade a dyer, asked him why he preserved such things. When the dyer heard that he was digging for alabaster slabs with figures sculptured upon them, he told Botta that he ought to come to his village, where they frequently dug up such things.
In no very hopeful spirit Botta sent two or three men to dig at Khorsabad on March 20, 1843, and three days later they came upon the top of a wall, one side of which was covered with sculptured alabaster bas-reliefs. A week's work showed Botta that he had discovered the remains of a huge Assyrian palace, containing a large number of chambers and corridors, all the walls of which were lined with slabs bearing sculptured representations of gods and kings, and battles, and religious ceremonies. Side by side with these representations were long inscriptions in the cuneiform character. Botta wrote: "What can all this mean? Who built this structure? In what century did he live? To what nation did he belong? Are these walls telling me their tales of joy and woe? Is this beautiful cuneiformed character a language? I know not. I can read their glory and their victories in their figures, but their story, their age, their blood, is to me a mystery. Their remains mark the fall of a glorious and a brilliant past, but of a past known not to a living man."
Botta sent despatch after despatch to his patron Mohl, and, thinking that he had discovered Nineveh, he announced to him that "Ninive est retrouvé". It was not Nineveh that he had discovered, but the palace of Sargon II, King of Assyria, B.C. 721-705. The French government, highly gratified at the surprising success of its consul, supplied him with ample means for further research as well as the artist Eugène Flandin to document Botta's discoveries. In 1845, having completely cleared out Khorsabad, he returned to France with a magnificent collection of Assyrian sculptures and cuneiform inscriptions. The Louvre's Assyrian display opened to the public in the presence of King Louis-Philippe on May 1, 1847. Botta's discoveries aroused the whole archaeological and historical world with enthusiasm. A tremendous impulse was given to the study of the Orient. Due to the French Revolution in 1848 Botta could not much profit of his fame. In 1846 he became French consul in Jerusalem and from 1857–1868 consul in Tripoli. Due to his bad health he returned to France. He died on April 17, 1870 in Achères near Poissy.
In 1855, Victor Place, Botta's successor tried to send finds from Kish, Khorsabad, Nimrud and from Assurbanipal's palace in Niniveh, 235 cases all in all, from Mosul down the Tigris and the Shatt al-Arab to Basra, where they were to be loaded on a ship bound to Paris. One barge and four rafts were used, the rafts transported two human headed winged bulls and two winged Genii as well as other works of art. All the vessels were overloaded, and during the journey they were attacked several times by "Arab pirates". On March 21 or March 23, after passing the toll station at Zejeyyak (Zecheiya), the barge was rammed by pirates and sunk, "one and a half hours downriver from Al-Qurna", on the left bank of the river.
One raft, laden with a winged bull, later sank in the middle of the Shatt al-Arab near Kout el Fiengoui. Only two rafts reached Basra. The finds which were brought to Europe are in the Louvre and the British Museum today.
Several attempts to recover the boats during 1855 failed. Among the lost artifacts is, for example, the famous relief depicting the sack of the Urartian town of Musasir during Sargons's 8th campaign. The palace of Sargon II, near to sites explored by Botta and Place, would later be excavated by Edward Chiera during 1928 - 1929.
Work in other fields[edit]
Botta was also a naturalist. He collected mammals, birds, reptiles and insects in California in the 1820s and 1830s as well as in Mesopotamia. The rubber boa (Charina bottae), a Western United States endemic, is named in his honor.
Botta's pocket gopher described by Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux and Paul Gervais commemorates his name.
Botta died in Achères, France on March 29, 1870.
- ^ a b c Edgar C. Knowlton, Jr. (1984). "Paul-Emile Botta, Visitor to Hawai'i in 1828". Hawaiian Journal of History 18 (Hawaii Historical Society). pp. 13–38. hdl:10524/353.
- ^ Alfons L. Korn (1984). "Shadows of Destiny: A French Navigator's View of the Hawaiian Kingdom and its Government in 1828". Hawaiian Journal of History 17 (Hawaii Historical Society). pp. 1–39. hdl:10524/272. Translation from French of Auguste Bernard Duhaut-Cilly, Voyage autour du monde, principalement à la California et aux Îles Sandwich, pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, et 1829
Further reading[edit]
- Paul-Émile Botta and M. E. Flandin, Les Monuments de Ninive (Paris 1849-1859)
- Glyn Daniel, A short history of archaeology (London, Thames and Hudson 1981).
- Maurice Pillet, Khorsabad. Les découvertes de V. Place en Assyrie, (Paris 1918).
- Paul-Émile Botta (October–December 1831). "Observations sur les habitants des îles Sandwich". Nouvelles Annales des Voyages et des Sciences Geographiques 52. pp. 129–148. (French)
- Charles Franklin Carter (1930). "Duhaut-Cilly's Account of California in the Years 1827-28". California History Magazine 8 (2 and 3) (California Historical Society). pp. 8–130 to 8–166 and 8–215 to 8–250. (translation of French)
External links[edit]
- Works by or about Paul-Émile Botta at Internet Archive
- Botta in the Louvre
- Khorsabad
- "Façade m. Taureau (porte k, 1), de face. (1849)". Digital image gallery web site. New York Public Library. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
- "Botta, Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo". The American Cyclopædia. 1879.


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In one-shot color structured light systems, the color of stripe patterns are typically distorted with respect to color crosstalk, ambient light and the albedo of the scanned objects, leading to mismatch in the correspondence of color stripes between the projected and captured images. In this paper, an adaptive color calibration and Discrete Trend Transform algorithm are presented to achieve high-resolution 3D reconstructions. The adaptive color calibration, according to the relative albedo in RGB channels, can improve the accuracy of labeling stripe by alleviating the effect of albedo and ambient light while decoding the color. Furthermore, the Discrete Trend Transform in the M channel makes the color calibration an effective method for detecting weak stripes due to the uneven surfaces or reflectance characteristics of the scanned objects. With this approach, the presented system is suitable for scanning moving objects and generating high-resolution 3D reconstructions without the need of dark laboratory environments.
3D shape acquisition has received considerable research interest in the last decade. There are some groups of techniques for 3D shape acquisition, such as stereo vision, Time Of Flight (TOF) and structured light [
In the development of structured light techniques, the time-multiplexing techniques, also called multi-shots techniques, were the first to appear. These techniques can achieve a high level of accuracy and resolution through encoded points by projecting a sequence of patterns. However, there is a trade-off between the scanning speed and the resolution. In the recent years, fast time-multiplexing techniques have been developed that allow the shape of the moving object to be acquired. However such techniques require specialized hardware. To achieve a high resolution and high speed at the same time, the authors in [
The projected pattern has a strong influence on 3D shape acquisition. Clearly, the pattern itself should be easy to detect, and it should be possible to establish correspondence between the projected and captured coded cells. Different patterns can be found in [
Addressing the impacts of these factors, in this paper, we focus on a one-shot color structured light system and propose an adaptive color calibration and Discrete Trend Transform (DTT) algorithm to obtain high-resolution 3D point clouds without the need of dark laboratory environments. First, a relative albedo function between two color channels is proposed to calibrate color adaptively. With this method, distorted color caused by different albedos in RGB channels is calibrated adaptively, and white ambient light in the scene can be canceled during color classification. Second, considering the different intensity caused by uneven surfaces or viewpoints, a novel M channel, DTT and sub-pixel peak localization algorithm are proposed to segment and detect the stripes. These techniques significantly improve the accuracy of locating and labeling the stripes. In the literature, the goal of Fechteler's work is most similar to our work, where
To realize high-resolution 3D reconstruction, a DLP projector with a WUXGA resolution (1,920 × 1,080) is used to project structured color light, and a Nikon D200 camera with a resolution of 5.2 mega pixels (2,560 × 2,048) is used to grab the scene. The higher resolutions of the camera and projector allow us to achieve denser and more accurate point clouds. The relative direction angle between the projector and camera is 17°.
To acquire 3D shapes in a natural instead of dark environment, the following steps are performed:
Project stripe patterns onto the surface of the target objects and capture an image under ambient light. Calibrate the geometric distortion of the camera and projector. We refer to the method proposed by Pages [ Adjust the color by static and adaptive color calibration. The color crosstalk is approximated in static color calibration, and then the adaptive color calibration is adopted to adjust color with respect to the object's color and ambient light. Extract the stripes and locate the peaks of the stripes. The proposed DTT algorithm is applied to segment the stripes. Furthermore, the sub-pixel accurate localizations of the peaks are derived. Classify the colors of the stripes and determine the correspondence between the projected and captured patterns by the dynamic programming algorithm [ Generate the 3D point clouds and reconstruct the surfaces of the objects through 3D delaunay triangulation.
We use a modified De Bruijn sequence as the arrangement of color stripes to design the projected patterns. Suppose that
The color structured light system in a robust manner consists of two key processes: the recovery of color in the grabbed image in contrast with the projected color on the object's surfaces and the accurate establishment of correspondence between the projected and captured patterns. The color is distorted because of the following reasons:
The color crosstalk between the projector and camera. The ambient light in the environment. The different colored object results in different albedos of the RGB channels. The stripes in the captured image typically vary in both amplitude and width due to the uneven surfaces or reflectance characteristics of the scanned objects.
The color distortion caused by projector-camera color crosstalk is adjusted by a static color calibration, in which the parameters are stable for a pairwise projector-camera and measured in advance. The camera captures the reflected light through RGB channel sensors as an image. The model of this process was formulated as
To recover the stripe's color with respect to the different albedos in the RGB channels and ambient light in the scene, the relative albedo is defined to calibrate the stripe color adaptively, as shown in
In the stripe segmentation and color classification processes,
The color crosstalk matrix
We estimate
By adopting the Earth Mover's Distance (EMD) algorithm [
The relative reflectance ratio
After static and adaptive color calibration, the color of the stripe can be classified correctly in the following Section 5. However, the pixel-wise
Given the assumption that ambient light is mostly white light,
Note that there is at least one invalid color channel in the designed stripe patterns. Thus,
Another advantage of the
The stripe pattern is vertical, and we process the
The DTT in at the falling edge in the at the rising edge in the otherwise, the value of
With the help of the
Accurate sub-pixel peak localization must be estimated to derive the 3D point cloud. Some existing sub-pixel peak localization algorithms are detailed and compared in [
The color is classified in HUV space. Assuming that ambient light is mostly white light and taking the color channel
The correspondence between the detected and projected patterns was established by applying dynamic programming [
Adaptive color calibration is a crucial method for assuring the accuracy rate of color classification. This method can adjust a stripe's color adaptively with respect to the different albedos in the RGB channels.
In this subsection, we mainly focus on analyzing the error of the estimated sub-pixel peak position. The performance of the traditional methods is compared with our method, which is referred to as the Max-Min Weighted Average Method (
To simulate the captured stripes, we generate a designed color stripe pattern. As shown in
The RMS error of peak localization
In all of the methods, the RMS error increases as the noise increases from 25
We have presented a color structured light system for robust 3D shape acquisition with regard to the reflectance characteristics of the scanned object, ambiguity due to uneven surfaces and white ambient light. Our contributions lie in two aspects of the proposed approach. First, we proposed a novel method for calibrating color adaptively according to the colored objects and white ambient light in the scene, as Sections 3.2 and 3.3 discussed, thus enhancing the robustness of the system and widening the range of potential applications. The second contribution lies in the effectiveness with which weak stripes caused by uneven surfaces of the scanned object can be found, by using a M channel and a DTT algorithm. Furthermore, we proposed an algorithm to locate the sub-pixel peaks of stripes. Through some experimental evaluations, we demonstrated that this structured light system employing the proposed techniques could obtain high-resolution 3D reconstructions without the need of dark laboratory environments.
This work was partially supported by Grant No. BK2010391, BK2011563 from the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province and Grant No. 61100111 from the Natural Science Foundation of China.
The cut-out of generated stripe patterns.
An example of
Reconstruction examples: (
Robustness of local trend. Four peaks in
A comparison of stripe segmentation result. (
An example of adaptive albedo calibration. (
A comparison of color classification results.
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Color assignment for each element.
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Money-saving DIY home improvements get a 'Boost'
Designed to take 'the mystery and complexity out of how you can save water, energy and money,' Boost Boxes offer a bounty of DIY home improvement products.
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As you may have read, early today Joe Biden announced plans for an ambitious and much-needed home energy efficiency program called HomeEnergyScore. At the heart of the program are low-cost visits from a home energy auditor.
Explains the HomeEnergyScore website:
A home energy assessor will collect energy information during a brief home walk-through and then score that home on a scale of 1 to 10. A 10 would represent a home with excellent energy performance whereas a 1 would represent a home that needs extensive energy improvements or energy upgrades. The home energy assessor will provide the homeowner with a list of recommended energy improvements and the associated cost savings estimates as well as the Home Energy Score.
If a homeowner does decide to follow up with the recommend energy improvements, federal loans (the maximum is $25,000) are available to those who quality through the FHA PowerSaver program.
While the program sounds nothing short of agreeable, it may prove daunting to those with less than stellar credit, those who tend to shy away from bureaucratic paperwork, and those who aren't looking to invest thousands of dollars on "big" energy-saving home improvements. So that said, it's not a program for everyone.
But wait ... Jetson Green recently featured a new Bay Area-based company, Boost Home, that produces money-saving, eco-friendly home improvement kits that are decidedly more appropriate for the types of homeowners described above as well as those who don't own their homes. I've seen similar DIY home improvement kits before but can't say I've seen anything quite as comprehensive yet simple as the Boost Boxes concept. And with the holidays around the corner, I can't say I've come across a better passive-aggressive (okay, just aggressive) "Dad, you really need to watch your energy and water use" type of gift.
The boxes, which aren't all energy conservation-centric, range from $48 for a Toilet Boost Box to $188 for Whole Home Energy Boost Box that includes over 14 goodies ranging from CFL bulbs to a programmable thermostat. Also in the Boost Box arsenal is a Shower Boost Box, a Garden Water Boost Box, a Whole Bath Boost Box, a Kids Room Boost Box, a Window and Door Boost Box, a Home Office Boost Box, and a Whole Home Water Boost Box. Or, if you'd prefer, you can mix and match from various products and build your own customized Boost Box.
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This is a little side conversation, which is why it's in the trash can. No one is saying they dislike him. There is no need to get so worked up. He is a wonderful skater and I do think the 3A will come soon.
That's what came to my mind, too. He could test this by tucking his hair in a swim cap. Actually, I've thought about the swim cap idea for ladies who practice big jumps wearing long thick pony tails. If it works, think of the costuming opportunities. More rhinestones!
I do not understand why this conversation even had to happen. And had it been Brezina, you would have been just as worked up. So don't get on that high horse. The music possibilities! "Surfin' USA" perhaps?
I am not on any high horse. And if you admit to being a super freaky #1 fan fangirl, I will understand why you get worked up because yes if it was Michal I would be out here guns blazing defending him . But other than that, I really don't see the big deal.
Isn't that a scam? I had heard it was. At any rate, what he does with it if he cuts it is his business, the same as the decision to cut. You were the one telling me there was no need to get worked up. Why do I have to admit to being a super freaky #1 fan fangirl? I am certainly not psycho-obsessed with Jason as you appear to be with Brezina. At any rate the #1 Jason Fan tag is already taken - by Joshua Farris. I am tired of this discussion and tired of people thinking that people should do things because THEY don't like it. If Jason wants to keep his hair long, let him, because he looks wonderful with it.
Jason should do whatever he wants with his hair. I don't like the way he currently looks with his hair. When I first saw him, I thought he resembled Kimmie Meissner, and now that thought afflicts me whenever I see him skate.
Totally agree! Why should an athlete cater to fans' opinion about what looks good or bad on them? Besides, no other male skater (that I know of) on the international competition level wears a pony tail. If anything it makes Jason Brown unique (not that he needs any proof other than his skating). It makes a statement about who he is. I would take that over "looking cute or handsome or sexy" any day. There are plenty of cute, handsome, sexy male skaters on this level with impeccably cut and styled and zero-risk hair, but there is only one Jason Brown.
Maybe Jason Brown fans can stop posting in this thread and post in the The Joshua and Jason Uber Thread! instead?
His hair suits his face shape. He has a long, thin face. It's like how people complain about SJP's hair and how it's too poofy, Jason has a similar face structure to hers and the ponytail is honestly one of the more flattering hairstyles for that kind of face if you're a guy. He looks good with the ponytail and tbh I don't think he would look as handsome with a different hairstyle. But anyways, if he wants to cut his hair, it should be his choice. If it's true judges give skaters advice about hairstyles, I'd wish they'd stop. I prefered Rachael with long hair, Gracie as a strawberry blonde instead of a bleach-blonde, Agnes as her natural blonde color instead of a reddish-brunette (thankfully she's dyed it back!), and Ashley as a brunette (though she's still stunning as a blonde). Idk if USFS had any influence regarding these decisions, but if they did, that bugs me.
Oops - education time. Locks of Love already gets way more hair than they can use. The number of wigs made versus the number of ponytails donated is miniscule. Word of mouth has given everyone the impression that the wigs are for children who have cancer and lose their hair to chemotherapy, and are free. Not true. Locks of Love provides wigs on a sliding scale to children with permanent hair loss such as alopecia aerata. http://www.squidoo.com/locksoflove http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/f...f=healthguide&pagewanted=all&_moc.semityn.www People are very quick to target other people's hair as potential donations to Locks of Love. Some people who have long hair because they like it that way are made to feel guilty and selfish if they don't donate it. That is unfair to begin with, but even moreso because Locks of Love doesn't do what most people think it does with the hair.
I heard that Jason may ask Dai for some hair tips. (jk) Seriously though Jason is a wonderful skater no matter which way he wears his hair. Personally I don't like the ponytail hairstyle on men in general. JMO


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ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Building upon her selection to the Missouri Valley Confernce (MVC) First Team, Creighton women's basketball freshman Marissa Janning was named the MVC Freshman of the Year on Thursday, March 14.
The first freshman in Creighton history to earn All-MVC First Team honors, Janning burst onto the scene for Creighton, leading the Jays with 385 points (13.3 ppg) in 2012-13. The Minnesota native has been among the national leaders in three-pointers made and three-point percentage. She leads the Jays and is second in the MVC with 69 treys, (69-168 - .411). After setting the D.J. Sokol Arena record for points with 26 on Feb. 14, Janning took the record up a notch by scoring 29 points to lead Creighton to a 67-66 win over Drake on March 3. The freshman has also dished out 70 assists, collecting 34 steals and grabbed 100 rebounds.
Janning and the Jays will begin play in the MVC Tournament on Friday, March 15 at 6:05 p.m. against No. 10 Southern Illinois.
JACKIE STILES MVC PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jacqui Kalin, UNI
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Janae Smith, Illinois State
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FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Marissa Janning, Creighton
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Faculty working in theoretical computer science apply mathematical foundations and techniques to study, understand, explain, and solve a wide range of problems fundamental to computing. They support the educational mission of the department through instruction in core and advanced principles of computer science. Their research advances the basic knowledge of computing and directly supports applied research areas. The expertise of the faculty includes graph algorithms, approximation algorithms, sublinear-time algorithms, computational complexity, randomized algorithms, computational geometry, coding theory, computational molecular biology, cryptography, privacy, computational logic, type theory, and programming languages semantics. Their work has connections to diverse applications such distributed databases, property testing, biological computing, information theory, combinatorics, quantum mechanics, program verification, and compiler technology.
Theoretical Computer Science Group Currently, the research focuses on designing improved algorithms and understands the reasons for the computational difficulties in solving the graph isomorphism problem. The focus is on discrete combinatorial methods. Closely related to the graph isomorphism problem is the fundamental task of choosing names for finite structures (e.g., molecules) that are efficiently computable. Research also focuses on design and analysis of algorithms to deal with computationally hard problems. It is conjectured that NP-hard optimization problems don't allow any computationally efficient exact solutions. Therefore, the goal is either to design efficient algorithms producing solutions which are provably close to optimal, or proving that for certain problems no such algorithms exist. Programming Languages - Investigator: Professor Kandemir The programming languages/compiler research at Penn State explores language and compiler support for diverse computing systems, including battery-operated embedded systems, unmanned underwater and aerial vehicles, and disk-intensive operating environments. The common theme exploited in these efforts is to expose the architectural and environmental/operational conditions to the compiler in the form of high level abstractions and let the compiler perform its optimizations and code/data restructuring based on these abstractions. In embedded systems, these abstractions capture the power reduction capabilities of the underlying system; in unmanned vehicles, they contain vehicle types and capabilities; and in disk-intensive environments, they capture storage characteristics. The optimization metrics targeted by this research include performance, energy consumption, memory space requirements, and reliability. Our research also defines the role of the compiler as the tool that reconfigures the hardware and optimizes the code based on reconfiguration, as opposed to a more conventional role of pure code optimization.


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Can't believe that its finally here. It's definitely been great to have such a long engagement. It gave us so much time to plan and really feel ready to get married to each other. I think that we're both thankful that things worked out that way. On the other hand, we're both very excited about our upcoming wedding and marriage!
Needless to say, the next ten days will be extremely busy in the world of me, Mom, Dad, Edmund, his folks, etc. We're looking forward to seeing all of our family and friends that will be attending--and missin' those folks that couldn't make it.
Part of what makes things complicated is planning to be absent from school for three days. Seems like its three times as much work to plan for a substitute teacher than anything else...but I have a former first grade teacher from our school coming in (she retired last year), so she's looking forward to it. My little ones are really excited about my wedding... I think my little girls all have the fairy tale approach to it. At the beginning of the month, we made a post-it countdown chart, and every day, they excited pull off the next number. You'd think they were going to be there at the wedding... :)
Packing up all of my stuff...okay, okay, my closet, is definitely a big big challenge. I don't think that I've accumulated that much until I have to start packing. Whew. I'll be glad once its all packed, then unpacked and settled. Hopefully Edmund will be happy to share the majority of our walk in closet....and by share, I really mean, let me have the larger part of it. (big cheesy grin)
In any event, just wanted to let yall know that I haven't forgotten yall out there in the blog-sphere. I really hope that I'll start to have more time for blogging but it always seems to be on the back burner.
Oh, I also had my bridal portraits two weeks ago. Dan, from Dazzle Photography is just F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S, did them! We took the pictures at a bed and breafkast in West Chester, Pennsylvania, called Faunbrook B&B. They were so great to work with us, and we pretty much had the place to ourselves. It's gorgeous.
The portraits turned out beeautifully!!! I can't wait to share them with yall but I have to restrain myself. But, just to give you a sense of how wonderful they are.... here's a few of our engagement pictures for your viewing pleasure!
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WBGO radio has a new, live Tuesday night series at the beautiful 54 Below club. On opening night, The Peter Bernstein
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Reopening investigation at this juncture not possible: Justice Jain
High Court proceedings in Ishrat case stayed
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, even while seeking the response of amicus curiae Harish Salve to the plea for reconstitution of the Special Investigation Team probing some Gujarat riot cases, has expressed its displeasure at the allegation by an activist that the "SIT has been befooling courts.
"Justice D.K. Jain, heading a three-judge Bench told counsel: "Such allegations are not acceptable. This has to be expunged from the application, otherwise it would mean we are being fooled by the SIT."Even as the Bench, which included Justices P. Sathasivam and Aftab Alam, was perusing the progress report sent by the SIT, senior counsel Aspi Chenoy, appearing for Devendrabhai N. Pathak, said there were lapses in the investigations and pleaded for its reconstitution. Justice Jain told counsel: "Reopening of the investigation at this juncture is not possible. So far as these nine cases are concerned, the entire investigation has been done by the SIT. It was never pointed out earlier that investigation was not done properly."
Senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Gujarat, urged the court not to entertain the application as it contained a scandalous allegation. When Justice Jain expressed his displeasure, Mr. Chenoy apologised to the court for the language used in the application and said he would delete the objectionable portions.The Bench said it would examine the application in January after receiving the amicus curiae's response.
The Bench said that from the SIT's report it appeared that in all seven complaints received by it of threat perception to and intimidation of witnesses and victims, adequate steps had been taken for their protection, both at their residences and on court premises. ."
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UDUPI: Sri Jayapataka Swamiji of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and Sri Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji of Sri Shiroor Math inaugurated the Jaganath Rath Yatra of the ISKCON here on Thursday. The rath yatra began from Gita Mandir near Rajangana and culminated at Rajangana. Addressing devotees at Rajangana, Sri Jayapataka Swamiji said that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had popularised the importance of "bhakti" or devotion to the Lord. ISKCON representatives and Director of the T.A. Pai Management Institute D. Nagabrahmam were present.